180 Degree Rule, Babes With Blades at City Lit Theater, through May 21. The Babes keep the glamor-noir flowing in this romantic tale of lesbian love and murder in Weimar Berlin and Hays Code Hollywood. MSB
Once in a Lifetime, Strawdog Theatre Company, through June 4. What could be more appropriate for a final farewell to this venerable loft theater than a screwball comedy about rolling with the changes and moving on? MSB
The Producers, Mercury Theater Chicago, through June 26. Go and laugh your head off at director L. Walter Sterns’ masterful stage reduction of Mel Brooks’ mammoth 2001 Broadway musical hit. SCM
Sender, A Red Orchid, extended through June 4. In Ike Holter’s new comedy, four millennials must decide whether to be adults or fall under a charming slacker’s spell. It’s a little short on substance but the characters are sharply-drawn and Holter’s comic riffs are potent. Superbly played and directed (Shade Murray). JA